The awesomely August NSD challenge

mrsinvisible

Allo lovely evening, great start to weekend. I could ramble on and on and waffle about the weather and tomorrows tardis trip, but its all to camouflage the fact that today was a spendy, but only a teeny one, dgs asked for a water blaster like his friends, and he had been so good ,and he goes back yo school next week, and I felt like treating him, and when he saw it he was, like so chuffed it was worth the £2.99 oh less 10% cos I had a voucher.

3Dogs

Just in time to wish Beanielou a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

solventsoon

Nargleblast wrote: »

Well, had to spend a bit today on stuff I had forgotten to get in my online delivery shop, so slap my wrists there! Next possible NSD will be Sunday. I know I will not make my target for the month but I will still keep trying because whatever my final figure is for August will be my starting target for September. Then just maybe I will get the breakdancing budgie or the waltzing wildebeest........

Well I couldn't find you a breakdancing budgie, Nargle, but will this little chap do?



Still on the hunt for the waltzing wildebeest, you've given me an idea there:D:D

solventsoon

Nargleblast wrote: »

Well that's it then, the theme for tomorrow's party - Seventies boys bands! Come dressed as someone from Bay City Rollers, Slade, Glitter Band, Sweet, Mud, the Osmonds....and appropriate music of course!

Definitely sorted on the music side, Nargle, I've got albums by Slade, the Osmonds and Sweet, Mud and Glitter band singles (and I can still remember the dance to "Tiger Feet":eek:).

I'm going as Suzi Quatro, leather jacket, jeans, high boots, all I need is a guitar now

Food - pineapple and cheese on sticks and vol au vents, definitely
Drink - babycham (with a cherry on a stick)

Guilty confession - I went to see the Bay City Rollers before they became famous:o:o:o (not something I normally admit to:o:o)

cw18

Freezer stocktake finished (finally!) again.......

Managed to ram another loaf of bread in, but still have more bread and stuffed pasta that needs to go in ASAP :eek:

Am now eyeing up the 4 joints I have taking up space, and wondering how much space I can free up by cooking, slicing, and bagging them into individual portions before returning them to the freezers

I'm guessing it should free up quite a bit of room, especially as the three turkey ones (they're 700-750g) are all wierd shapes (very wide one end and narrow the other) and the pork one (1.75kg) is still on the tray the butchers put it on to pack it.......

Biggest question is, if I put all the turkey ones into the oven at the same time how do I calculate the cooking time? They can't possibly take as long as a 2.1kg joint would, but I can see them needing a bit longer than a 750g one cooked alone might

solventsoon

cw18 wrote: »

Freezer stocktake finished (finally!) again.......

Am now eyeing up the 4 joints I have taking up space, and wondering how much space I can free up by cooking, slicing, and bagging them into individual portions before returning them to the freezers

I'm guessing it should free up quite a bit of room, especially as the three turkey ones (they're 700-750g) are all wierd shapes (very wide one end and narrow the other) and the pork one (1.75kg) is still on the tray the butchers put it on to pack it.......

Biggest question is, if I put all the turkey ones into the oven at the same time how do I calculate the cooking time? They can't possibly take as long as a 2.1kg joint would, but I can see them needing a bit longer than a 750g one cooked alone might

Sounds like a good plan to me, Cheryl, it should free up some space for you.

If cooking more than one joint I normally allow around a quarter of the original time on top - both are normally coooked OK with that extra bit of time but I always do the skewer test to make sure. When cooking four, I would think around a third to half of the time on top and then check them all with a skewer, they should be done (but not overdone) by then. Of course, it depends where they are in the oven as well.

Hope that helps a bit.
spoon

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A
Lots more targets falling today and more NSDs, keep going, nearly there now.:j:j

Outing planned for tomorrow night, everyone is welcome to join in:D:D

Targets met:
losingpatience: :j well done, 7 NSDs done and dusted and your target met, that’s brilliant. :j Panda is ambling his way over to you now (he’s a bit tired with all this somersaulting and tumbling but he should be with you by tomorrow morning).
verynewmoneyaver: :jwell done, 9 NSDs done and dusted and your target met, that’s brilliant. :j Panda is making his way over to you now, but he’s definitely done with the somersaulting now, he needs a rest and some bamboo shoots.
Looloo: :jwell done, 12 NSDs done and dusted and your second target met, that’s brilliant.:j Little penguin is now yours as well as panda, you’ve done really well
beanielou: :j well done, 11 NSDs done and dusted and your target met, that’s brilliant. :j
Panda is on the way, but he needs some tlc (and bamboo shoots) now before he can manage another somersault.
karenccs67: :jwell done, 15 NSDs done and dusted and your target met, that’s brilliant. :j
Panda is on the way now, but I’m not sure he can manage a somersault for a couple of days, tlc and some bamboo shoots are definitely required.
Glad you had a good evening on Wednesday - that sounds fun
webitha: :jwell done, 17 NSDs done and dusted and target no 2 demolished. :j
Little penguin is slipping and sliding over to you now.
Do you want to increase your target again now, or stick on 17
Hope you feel better very soon x

Well done to:
:jBDINI: well done for no 12, nearly there now. Hope the ceiling painting is going well
Update: and no 13 as well - that’s brilliant:j - hoping for no 14 tomorrow
:jchris81418: well done for no 18, one more left...... you can do it. Enjoy your weekend away:)
:jAllieBallie: well done for no 11, one more left now, you can do it. Glad you enjoyed the show yesterday and well done for not spending anything:T
:jNatty68: well done for no 12, you’ve done really well to get there, big pat on the back for you. :T
:jFirewalker: hi and good to have you back. Well done for no 2, definitely much better than nothing, like the positive attitude:T
:jkathy40uk: well done for no 13, you’ve done really well this month with everything that’s happened, big hugs for you:T
:jcw18: well done for no 16, one more to get now, fingers crossed for you:)
:jLfV: love the wiggle;)
Well done for no 17, one more to get for target no 2, you can do it
Great song tonight:T
:jJES_F1: well done for getting to no 12, target definitely exceeded now, you’re on the tropical island;);)
:jifwishes: well done for nos 16 and 17, you’re doing brilliantly this month:T

And hello to:
jintyb: glad the knitting is going well, mohair takes a bit of getting used to and sorry about no NSD yesterday. Good news about the vouchers from Tatco, they will definitely be useful. :T Hope you enjoyed the book festival:)
katenut: you might regret inviting us if we turn up in our seventies costumes:eek::eek:..
Hope the weekend goes really well
kerri gt: oh dear to spendy day today, hope your friend likes her birthday present:)
Yay... well done for the planning and resourcefulness, that’s the way to get NSDs:T
confused76: yay to the eb@y sales, well done!:T:T
pure dead dopey: oh dear to Mr Dopey’s car, what a pain:(!
I’m definitely not too young to remember the Bay City Rollers (hence the confession) but am not wearing the tartan clobber again:eek::eek:..
Love the Fringe pictures:)
mrsinvisible: loving the diversion tactics:T:T... glad dgs was pleased with the water blaster - everyone needs the occasional treat:)

Made my target today, 20 NSDs for me and a panda, yippeeeeee. :j:j
I’m going to increase my target to 23 now and see if I can manage that cute penguin;);)

Off to do the usual update now, see you all tomorrow.

‘night everyone
spoon
x

cw18

solventsoon wrote: »

Made my target today, 20 NSDs for me and a panda, yippeeeeee. :j:j

Well done Spoon :T

I’m going to increase my target to 23 now and see if I can manage that cute penguin;);)

I have NO doubt whatsoever you'll get there

solventsoon

cw18 wrote: »

Well done Spoon :T

I have NO doubt whatsoever you'll get there

Thanks, Cheryl, on both counts:A

boultdj

:mad:Spent Thursday and Friday,that'll teach me to leave my list at home when I go shopping. Well Done to all those getting to target.